The
project site is approximately three acres. The property is generally located on
the north side of Casteen Road, east of Flatwoods Road and west of South Street.
The project site is ten or less acres and is, therefore, considered a
small-scale comprehensive land use plan amendment. The City will notify the
Florida Department of Community Affairs of the plan amendment and the
Department will review the project site area to confirm that it is ten acres or
less. At that time, the Department will determine that it is a local issue and
not subject to Department review.

Currently,
the property is undeveloped. The surrounding Future Land Use Map designation
around the subject property is City Low Density Residential and County Urban. The
existing Land Use designation for the subject property is County Urban. The
proposed future land use designation of Low Density Residential, which is
consistent with the City’s adopted Growth Management Plan and would allow for
the development of the property for multi-family uses.

The
Planning Commission held a public hearing on the application on October 22, 2009
and by a vote of 5 to 0, recommended approval for Medium Density Residential.
Staff instead now recommends Low Density Residential at 8 units per acres as a
more appropriate designation in order to maintain the small scale status.

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN FOR THE CITY OF LEESBURG, CHANGING THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION OF
CERTAIN PROPERTY CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY THREE ACRES, BEING GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF
CASTEEN ROAD, EAST OF FLATWOODS ROAD AND WEST OF SOUTH STREET, LYING IN SECTION 28, TOWNSHIP 19
SOUTH, RANGE 24 EAST, LAKE COUNTY, FLORIDA, FROM COUNTY URBAN TO CITY LOW DENSITY
RESIDENTIAL; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. (Hope Vision Inc. SHEPHERD’S VILLAGE)

WHEREAS, the City Commission has received written
objections, recommendations, and comments from the City of Leesburg Planning
Commission acting as the Local Planning Agency, regarding amendment of the
Comprehensive Plan of the City of Leesburg, and has made recommendations to the
City Commission for amendment of the Plan; and

WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Leesburg has held public hearings on the proposed amendment to the plan, in light of
written comments, proposals and objections from the general public;

NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY
OF LEESBURG, FLORIDA, that:

Section
1.

The Growth Management Plan of the City
of Leesburg, adopted by the City of Leesburg on September 22, 2003, pursuant to the Local Government Planning and Land Development Regulations Act of
1985, Chapter 163, Part II, Florida Statutes, after public hearings by the City
of Leesburg Planning Commission, is hereby amended in the following manner:

The Future Land Use Map is amended by
changing the designation of the parcel of land generally located on the north side of Casteen Road, east
of Flatwoods Road and west of South Street, lying in Section 28, Township 19 South, Range 24
East, Lake County, Florida,
legally described as:

Legal Description

The West 282.90 feet of the East 589
feet of the South 461.93 feet of the NW ¼ of the SW ¼, Section 28, Township 19
South, Range 24 East, Lake County, Florida.

Alternate
Key Number: 1756219

from
County Urban to City Low Density Residential as shown on Attachment 1,
the revised map of said area.

Section
2.

All ordinances or part of ordinances in
conflict with any of the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed.

Section
3.

This ordinance shall become effective
upon its passage and adoption, according to law.

PASSED
AND ADOPTED at the
regular meeting of the City Commission of the City of Leesburg, Florida, held
on the ______ day of __________________, 2009.